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Tony Hawk Ride ready to rock indoor tricks in the US (video)
After that false alarm about an October release date, the Tony Hawk Ride bandwagon was all set for departure on November 17 and that's exactly what's happened. Available for a cent under $120, the new game / peripheral combo will allow players to shimmy, gesture, and ollie their way to (sim...
Friday, Nov 13
NPD: Wii reclaims lead in US sales, but console gaming market shrinks by a fifth
Read - Wii regains hardware top spot following US price cut Read - Xbox 360 leads in year-to-date growth Read - DS poised to break US hardware recordsContinue reading NPD: Wii reclaims lead in US sales, but console gaming market shrinks by a fifth
Wednesday, Sep 23
Video: WODE module allows disc-free, wide-open, heavy metal Wii gaming
What you see above is not a Tibetan sky burial for a dearly departed console, nor an attempt at extremely modern art. It's a Wii that has been... augmented with a Linux-running module called the Wii Optical Disc Emulator, or WODE. It clips onto the system board where the machine's optical drive s...
Friday, Sep 4
New study finds close to one quarter of Xbox 360s fail within two years
Sure, it's not exactly news to hear that the Xbox 360 is the most unreliable console of the big three, but just how unreliable is it? Now there's a point of contention. The good news for Microsoft, of sorts, is that a new study from SquareTrade found that just 23.7% of Xbox 360 consoles failed wi...
Tuesday, Aug 18
Survey finds Xbox 360 is played five times as often as Wii, five times more likely to fail than PS3
Ready for some numbers this morning? Some scary, scary numbers for Xbox 360 gamers? Game Informer, current king of the smoldering ruins of the print gaming magazine empire, polled about 5,000 of its readers to get a feel for their gaming experiences, including just how many of them had un...
Friday, Jul 24
Engadget Podcast 156 - 07.24.2009
Look out, internet! The Engadget Podcast Audio Talking Show has arrived, complete with technical topics of discussion, talented staff members and a guest of note. Ross Rubin, an analyst with NPD and regular Engadget contributer in his Switched On column, was kind enough to drop by and ta...
Thursday, Jul 23
Opinion: The Daily Roundup: here's what you might've missed
Even from the earliest days of leaked hardware shots and blurry demo videos of its UI, smartphone fans seemed to agree that the company had finally achieved what has been missing in the world of Android. Sure, EA and Sega already have MotionPlus offerings on the market, but everyone knows t...
Saturday, Jul 4
GameStop hits the sauce for the 4th, offers up bizarre Wii bundles
Are you in the market for a "Summer Fun" Wii bundle to get your Independence Day started right? Oh, yeah? Fantastic, 'cause GameStop has just the packages for you. For the low, low price of $249.99, the aforementioned bundle consists of a Nintendo Wii console, a water gun and... wait, what? Amaz...
Friday, Jun 19
Engadget Podcast 151 - 06.19.2009
00:02:05 - iPhone 3G S review 01:06:30 - Project Natal basis for new Xbox console coming Fall 2010? 01:06:50 - Like weeds: new Natal Xbox rumor shot down, 3D Xbox rumor pops up to take its place 01:19:00 - Engadget Chinese goes hands-on with the Olympus E-P1
Friday, Jun 12
Johnny Chung Lee joins Project Natal team, puts Wii hacking experience to good use
In this time of economic hardship, it warms the heart just to hear that someone's found any job. But when our main man Johnny Chung Lee lands a position on Microsoft's Project Natal team, it's high fives and handshakes all around. And really, it's a perfect fit -- among the many hacks of his ill...
Friday, Jun 5
Engadget Podcast 149 - 06.05.2009
00:49:12 - Engadget & Joystiq live from Microsoft's E3 2009 keynote 01:15:20 - Engadget & Joystiq live from Nintendo's E3 2009 keynote 01:58:10 - Apple iPhone 3.0 rumor roundup, part II: parental controls and sketchy shots
Friday, Mar 27
Engadget Podcast 139 - 03.27.2009
00:03:15 - OnLive killed the game console star? 00:17:50 - Nintendo launches Wii System Menu 4.0, including SD card WiiWare playback 00:25:35 - 'Resident Evil 5' Xbox 360 unboxing 00:27:25 - Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i now official (and that article Nilay was talking about)
Friday, Nov 28
Man hacks GameCube controller for the Wii with tremendous effort
Update: As a bunch of commenters have pointed out, this can be done already by plugging the GameCube controller directly into the Wii. However, this mod lets you do it wirelessly -- err, if you don't count the big microcontroller and mess of wires.
Monday, Dec 3
Nintendo's Wii Fit unboxed
Our bosom buddies over at Engadget Japanese got ahold of Nintendo's new Wii Fit and ran through the unboxing ritual for our sake -- they're all too busy burning the carbs to bother with such nonsense otherwise. ...
Tuesday, Aug 7
Patch: Wii update provides minor menu changes, could brick modded consoles
Today, Wii owners in Europe, Japan, and the US can download a shiny new firmware update, which institutes a new digital clock on the main menu, a few "aesthetic changes to the Wii Shop," an updated Forecast Channel window, ...
Friday, Jul 13
Wii Zapper hands-on
What do you want? The Wii Zapper is literally just a piece of plastic that you strap your Wiimote and nunchuck into -- it doesn't add any buttons or otherwise change anything about how the controllers are used. In other words, you don't even need this thing to play the games it's intended for -...
Wednesday, Jul 11
Nintendo Wii Zapper announced
It took them a while, but Nintendo is finally busting out its Wii Zapper accessory for housing the Wiimote and Nunchaku in a FPS-friendly shell. It'll be out this year, shipping for free with a "far along" unannounced title from Nintendo, and selling stand alone at retail for $20. Other game...
Wednesday, Jun 6
Colorful Wiimote rumor gets revived
It was two months (to the day, actually) ago that we first got wind of the possibility that Nintendo could have a trio of colorful Wiimotes planned for the UK market, and now we've got even more reason to believe that future Wii controllers could indeed sport a few different hues. Of course, w...
Monday, Apr 30
Engadget Podcast 108 - 04.29.2007
01:07 - Xbox 360 Elite coverage roundup -- are you getting one? 19:58 - Sony, Immersion in talks to get SIXAXIS rumbling 22:32 - Fuh Yuan retracts $299 Wal-Mart HD DVD statement 28:27 - AT&T botches Nokia N75 launch, pulls from site 35:49 - The Engadget mascot contest: win a Wii!
Friday, Mar 2
Wii hacked with LPT cable instead of modchip?
This Wii hack set-up looks a bit dubious, at least at first glance, but may hold something promising for mod maniacs. Textb00k posted a video of his modded Wii playing a backup of Red Steel where he ditches the trusty modchip for a couple wires soldered to the drive board and routed to his PC's...
Friday, Feb 23
GameStop prepping line of Wii accessories
Filed under: GamingApparently not content with simply selling other company's wares, Gamestop has decided to get in on the Wii accessory madness itself, introducing its own line of Wii add-ons of varying utility. Sure to attract more than a few stares is the company's Afterglow Cooler (...
Friday, Feb 2
WiiKey upgradeable modchip offers more for modders
Filed under: GamingThe Wii modchips are really coming on fast, with Wiinja and CycloWiz already drawing their own shares of fanboys and detractors, but the latest chip on the scene, "WiiKey," from the same kids responsible for the XenoGC modchip for GameCube, looks to be the best yet -- a...
Thursday, Dec 21
Paradox hacks Red Steel, releases the ISO into the wild
With Xbox 360 and PS3 games getting ISO-dumped right and left, it's about time the Wii got a little taste of hacker-dom. The famed "Paradox" group of hackers did the honors this time, and went so far as to upload the ISO of Red Steel for your DVD burning pleasure. Of course, you still can't actua...
Thursday, Nov 23
Best Buy holding out on Wii customers
Filed under: GamingWhat would you say if you found out your local Best Buy had stock of Wiis sitting in its back room, but those units weren't going to make it out onto the shelves when you dropped by to pick one up? Unfortunately that's the case for Toronto area gamers, as Best Buy is allegedl...
Saturday, Nov 18
Engadget Podcast 094 - 11.17.2006
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Engadget Podcast 094 - 11.17.2006
0:01:25 - Zune review 0:20:37 - PS3 unboxing! 0:35:03 - Wii hands-on, unboxing! 0:43:03 - Xbox HD DVD hands-on 0:48:03 - Xbox Live Video hands-on 0:52:54 - Hon Hai cops to iPhone contract 0:56:02 - Apple's MacBook goes Core 2 Duo, too 0:56:16 - Cingular 8525, BlackJack now for sale
Friday, Nov 17
Nintendo confirms Wii DVD playback only for Japan, for now
Filed under: Gaming, Home EntertainmentWe really hate going back on stuff that we reported on just days ago, but that's how things go in this business sometimes. So, first it was a maybe, then a definite yes, but now we're very sorry to tell you that it appears Nintendo will not be confirming...
Saturday, Nov 11
Wii and PlayStation 3 Q&A
Filed under: GamingIt's becoming very quickly apparent that everybody has a lot of questions about the Wii (not to mention the PlayStation 3), and we'd be obliged to answer. Go ahead and leave 'em in the comments and we'll post our replies. Please note: the Wii's online channels (Wii shop, N...
Monday, Oct 30
DVD-playin' Wii coming in 2007?
Filed under: Gaming, Home EntertainmentYou'll have to take this with the usual dose of skepticism -- it's not like Nintendo would intentionally let loose a disincentive to purchasing a Wii less than a month before launch -- but according to UK mag EDGE, the big N's preparing to release a p...
Wednesday, Oct 11
Wii pre-orders at GameStop/EB begin this Friday?
Filed under: GamingWe're not really expecting PlayStation 3 or even Xbox 360-level scarcity for Nintendo's Wii come this holiday season, but just in case you want to be certain-sure of a Wii on launch day, and won't be around NYC to grab the console from the very hands of Reggie Fils-Aime a...
Thursday, Sep 21
Engadget Podcast 089 - 09.21.2006
0:40 - Welcome to the new Engadget! 8:30 - Microsoft launches the Zune! 29:10 - Live at Nintendo's NYC Wii press conference 35:13 - Xbox 360 adds 1080p, HD DVD drive is $170 US for November 17th in Japan 50:23 - Engadget Reader Meetup in Boston, Thursday, September 28th
Wednesday, May 10
Engadget Podcast 079 - 05.10.06
Filed under: Features, Gaming, PodcastsSony may have had their fun on Monday, but Tuesday turned out to be one of the news-packed days of the gaming year thus far. Nintendo decided to one-up Sony by adding additional speaker support for the Wiimote, demo actual Wii gameplay, and generall...
Tuesday, May 9
Engadget Podcast 078 - 05.09.06
Filed under: Features, Gaming, Podcasts Music J J J - 'Suits' in Japan Format 54:28, 24.9 MB, MP3 Program 00:00 - Playstation 3 - Sony's Keynote 35:30 - Nintendo Wii selling for $250? 40:52 - Square / Enix deets 44:19 - Microsoft says HD DVD connects via USB (duh)
